S.B. 26
         UTAH E-COMMERCE INTEGRITY ACT

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 February 11, 2010 12:02 PM



Senator Stephen H. Urquhart proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 14 through 27 :    

             14          This bill:
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             15          .    defines terms;
             16          .    prohibits a person from facilitating certain types of fraud and injury through use of
             17      electronic communications;
             18          .    allows for the removal of domain names and online content by an Internet registrar
             19      or Internet service provider under certain circumstances;
             20          .    prohibits contrary laws enacted by a political subdivision of the state;
             21          .    forbids the use of various types of software, commonly called spyware, if used for
             22      certain purposes;
             23          .    provides exceptions from spyware provisions for various types of communications
             24      and interactions, including authorized diagnostics;
             25          
{   .    provides penalties, both criminal and civil, for violations of the bill's provisions;   }

             26          .    prohibits the registration of domain names under certain circumstances, commonly
             27      referred to as cybersquatting;

2.    Page 10, Lines 289 through 303 :    

             289          13-40-401. Phishing and pharming violations.
             290          (1)
{   A person who violates Part 2, Phishing and Pharming, is guilty of a third degree

             291      felony.
             292          (2)   } A civil action against a person who violates any provision of Part 2, Phishing and
             293      Pharming, may be filed by:
             294          (a) an Internet service provider that is adversely affected by the violation;
             295          (b) an owner of a webpage, computer server, or a trademark that is used without
             296      authorization in the violation; or
             297          (c) the attorney general.
             298          
{   (3)   }        (2)       A person permitted to bring a civil action under Subsection (2) may obtain either

             299      actual damages for a violation of this chapter or a civil penalty not to exceed $150,000 per
             300      violation of Part 2, Phishing and Pharming.
             301          
{   (4)   }        (3)       A violation of Part 2, Phishing and Pharming, by a state-chartered or licensed

             302      financial institution is enforceable exclusively by the financial institution's primary state

             303      regulator.

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